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A new study by Consumer Reports magazine finds 83 percent of the 525 chickens it purchased nationwide contained bacteria that cause food-borne illnesses. A similar study three years ago found just 49 percent were infected with the bacteria Campylobacter a
A study by Consumer Reports says more than 80 percent of chicken they inspected were contaminated with bacteria and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is lax in their testing. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with Jean Halloran, director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers Union about why bacteria numbers are on the rise and what it means for consumers.